What They Say
Amazon said that fear of some retaliation by Google has deterred half a dozen hardware vendors from signing up in an investigation in India by the Competition Commission of India. The Commission fined Google $162 million after finding that Google abuses its strength in Android.
Here’s what Amazon told the CCI:
Amazon has explored working with mobile OEMs/ODMs/CMs who also manufacture non-mobile smart media devices, such as smart TVs, to enable those manufacturers to distribute non-mobile smart media devices (including smart TVs) running the Fire OS (e.g., Fire TV Edition (FTVE) for smart TVs). In these discussions with OEMs, at least seven OEMs have indicated that their ability to enter into a manufacturing relationship of this kind with Amazon is either blocked entirely or significantly limited (e.g., in terms of geographic scope) by their contractual commitments to Google and the concern that Google would retaliate against another of the OEM’s businesses that produce Android devices.
What We Think
There is a 293 page judgement on this case here. (BR)
